Published February 18, 2021
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Reinfection of Covid-19: Patient infected twice with SARS-CoV-2 and the second hit 'less acute'
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- 1. Al-Muthanna University
- 2. Nursing department, Technical Institute of Samawah, Al Furat Al Awsat Technical University
- 3. Basrah University
- 4. Al-Muthanna Health Directorate, Ministry of Health
- 5. Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull
- 6. Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Muthanna University,
Description
We report the first case of recurrent COVID-19 infection in a 34-years-old man working in Gynecology and Children Hospital in Al-Muthanna Province, south of Iraq. Firstly, the patient suffered from a sharp and noticeable rise in the body temperature at 39 ºC and cough on the 16th of July 2020. Then, the patient was symptomized with another course of COVID-19 on the 27th of August 2020, when he contacted his infected workmate. The nose swab PCR test and the CT scan were performed to confirm the second infection. The severity of repeated infection of coronavirus was less than the first infection of the same patient.
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